TODAY IN HISTORY

July 1

1863:The Battle of Gettysburg, which marked the turning point in the Civil War, began.

1867:Canada became a self-governing dominion of Great Britain under the British North America Act.

1898:Theodore Roosevelt and his Rough Riders fought the battle of San Juan Hill in the Spanish-American War.

1943:Income tax withholding began in the United States.

1962:Burundi and Rwanda achieved independence.

1963:The U.S. Post Office inaugurated its five-digit ZIP (Zone Improvement Plan) codes.

1968:The United States, Britain, the Soviet Union, and 58 other nations signed the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty.

1994:Yasir Arafat returned to Palestinian land after 27 years in exile.

1997:After 156 years of British colonial rule, Hong Kong was returned to China.

2000:The Confederate flag was removed from the South Carolina statehouse.